David Coverdale entered Deep Purple as a 22-year-old. There he had to make you forget Ian Gillan, the man who hit the charts like Smoke On The Water and Child In Time. Coverdale passed with flying colors, because Deep Purple recorded three fine albums with him: Burn, Stormbringer (both from 1974) and Come Taste The Band (1975). "Deep Purple University was a life-long school," Coverdale would later
… say. The death of Purple keyboardist Jon Lord in 2012 caused Coverdale to think back more often to his days with Deep Purple and decided to record a tribute with his band Whitesnake for the group that gave him his first chance in rock music. The Purple Album contains adaptations of songs Coverdale recorded with Deep Purple at the time. With an eager young band he makes those songs sparkle like new again. (PdK)more
